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Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
This heavily illustrated guide to reggae is a colorful, herbally endowed, and sunsplashed history of one of the world's most popular musical styles. Reggae was born in 1960s Jamaica, a potent mix of such indigenous genres as ska and rocksteady plus R&B, jazz, and traditional African rhythms. Before long, it had conquered the globe, influencing musicians from Britain to Brazil. The Encyclopedia of Reggae focuses on the music's golden age, from the...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
From rock to jazz to mambo, sing along with the Backyardigans with over 20 video adventures from their first three seasons. Ride the range with hip-hopping cowboys, be a reggae-singing pirate or a funk-loving astronaut. Perform a rock operetta as a mighty knight encountering an even mightier dragon.
11) Songs of Irie
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It's 1976 and Jamaica is on fire. The country is on the eve of important elections and the warring political parties have made the divisions between the poor and the wealthy even wider. And Irie and Jilly come from very different backgrounds: Irie is from the heart of Kingston, where fighting in the streets is common. Jilly is from the hills, where mansions nestled within lush gardens remain safe behind gates. But the two bond through a shared love...
13) Ziggy Marley
Author
Publisher
Tuff Gong Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ziggy Marley releases his sixth solo studio album, which also serves as the follow up to his Grammy Award winning Fly Rasta. It is rooted in and inspired by current world events, racial divides, and human inequalities.
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A film about the love affair between Jamaican and British Youth culture told through the prism of one the most iconic record labels in history, TROJAN RECORDS. Combining archive footage, interview and drama - RUDEBOY tells the story of Trojan Records by placing it at the heart of a cultural revolution that unfolded in the council estates and dancefloors of late '60s and early '70s Britain and how that period of immigration and innovation transformed...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Abandoned as a baby to the British foster care system, Alex Wheatle grew up without any knowledge of his Jamaican parentage or family history. Preoccupied with his own roots, Alex grew inexorably drawn to reggae music, which became his primary solace through years of physical and mental abuse in a childrens home. Although riven by loneliness and depression, Alex found joy and empathy among his reggae heroes: Dennis Brown, Bob Marley, Marcia Griffiths,...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career with his band, The Wailing Wailers, in 1963. The Wailers went on to spread the gospel of reggae music around the globe. Bob's distinctive style and dedication to his Rastafari beliefs became a rallying cry for the poor and disenfranchised the world over and led to a hugely...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Chris Blackwell, like the paradigm-shifting artists he came to support over his sixty-plus years in the music business, never took the conventional route. He grew up between Jamaica and London, crossing paths with Ian Fleming, Noel Coward, and Errol Flynn. After being expelled from an elite British school for rebellious behavior in 1954 at age seventeen, he moved back to Jamaica, and within five years, founded Island Records--the company that would...
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